Medal of Honor recipient Sergeant Dakota Meyer will be honored in public ceremonies as part of “Sergeant Dakota Meyer Week” on Oct. 2. Ceremonies will include a parade around downtown Columbia, which will lead Sergeant Meyer to Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raider Stadium. The public and media are welcome and encouraged to attend either or both the parade route or the ceremony to start at 2 p.m.

John Avery Taylor, son of Stacy Taylor of Lebanon, celebrated his 4th birthday Monday, Sept. 26, 2011. He is the grandson of Patsy and Jerry Gribbins and Willis and Anna Overstreet of Acton. His great-grandmother is Emma Wallace Overstreet of Lebanon.
John Avery has two brothers, Mitchell and Hayden Taylor.